Improvement in bale-ties



A. W. HESS.

BALE-TIES.

Patented 0ct.10|, 1876.

Tyl.

NITED STATES ABRAM W. HESS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,053, dated October10,1876; application led October 26, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ABRAM W. HESS, of the city of Chicago, county ofCook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Automatic Ties for Baling Cotton, and in iron hoops and other similarbindin gs; and I hereby declare the following to be a full and accuratedescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters and igures marked thereon, forming a partof this specification.

The nature of my improvement and invention is the cutting of tongues andslots at the same instant and in the same places in the ends of the tieor hoop where they lap each other, so that the tongue of the upper lapenters the slot of the lower lap, and thus becomes the means offastening the ends of the tie or hoop securely in the place desired, allwhich is done during the process of baling.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures l, 2, and 3 give different viewsof the mode of applying my improvement in baling cotton, which maylikewise be applied to other bindings or hoopings.

Figure 1 represents the tie or hoop placed around the cotton-bale readyto be fastened. Fig. 2 represents the same tie or hoop with the tonguesand slots cut in the ends or lap. Fig. 3 represents the bale after thesame is bound. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the tie, showing theposition of the tongues after the same is fastened.

The process of applying my said invention in the baling of cotton, hay,or other articles is as follows: The bale being prepared in the usualmanner by pressing for the tie, the iron band is passed around the bale,so that the ends of the tie lap by each other about four inches. A maleand female die are then applied, the female die underneath the lap andthe male die above the same, and in such a position in respect to eachother that when brought together the male die shall eut through bothends of the tie. and in about the middle of the lap, forming the slotand tongues in both the upper and lower lap, as represented in Fig. 2 ofthe accompanying drawings. The die is then withdrawn, and the tongues ofthe upper lap pass into the lower slot, and

the outward pressure of the bale brings them together, and the bale issecurely fastened. The tongue of the under lap presses firmly againstthe back of the hoop at the point opposite the commencement of thetongue in the upper lap, so that great additional strength in thefastening is secured.

I am aware that in the specification ofEnglish Patent No. 1,097, of1866, is described a method of fastening a cotton-bale tie by means otinden ts and projections fitted together, the metal of the upper lapbeing bent down into a corresponding recess iu the under lap. In thatcase there are no projecting tongues which pass through slots from theupper through the under lap, and lap under the tie longitudinally, as inmy invention. I regard such fastening as of little or no value onaccount of its insecurity.

I am also aware that in the specification of English Patent No. 2,838,of 1868, is described a bale-tie in which tongues and slots are formedin the ends of the tie before the same is placed around the bale. Thesetongues are struck out in reverse directions, and, when the tie isplaced around the bale, the ends are interlocked by the tongues of eachlap projecting respectively through the slots of the other. I regardthis fastening as less secure tllan mine, and it has another seriousobjection, namely, that oneset of the tongues project outside of thetie, where they are liable to catch in adjoining bales. Furthermore,ties thus formed cannot be accurately adjusted to the varying size ofthe bales.

Having thus described the nature of my said improvement, and a method ofapplying the same to practical use, I claim- A bale-tie, consisting of ametallic strip fastened by means of tongues and slots cut at one and thesame time in the overlap of the ends of the tie, the tongues ot' theupper lap projecting into the slots ofthe under lap, and the tongues ofboth the upper and under lap being on the inside of the tie when thesame is fastened, leaving the outside thereof free from any projections,substantially as described.

A. W. HESS. In presence of- J OEL TIFFANY, DANL. W. Hass.

